The Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA) is a group dedicated to the service of Chemistry graduate students at Rice. The group plans social gatherings and outings. CGSA acts as a liaison between graduate students and the Department of Chemistry to improve the experience of graduate students. The group also works with other Rice graduate student associations and helps make the Department a great place for graduate students.
Events Calendar
CGSA Officers
Vanessa Espinoza
President
Weisman Group
Tailoring the optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes.
Rachael Kress
Vice President
Jones Group
Self-assembly of DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles under different constraints.
Aaron Bayles
Treasurer
Halas Group
Plasmonic Antenna-Reactor Photocatalysis.
Yigao Yuan
Inventory
Halas Group
Heterogeneous plasmonic photocatalysis.
Alex Al-Zubeidi
Academic Speaker Coordinator
Link Group
Understanding reactions driven by plasmonic hot carriers using electrochemistry and dark-field spectroscopy.
Niklas Gross
Career Speaker Coordinator
Link Group
Investigating Ultrafast dynamics in metal nanoparticles using ultrafast spectroscopy.
Zhihua Cheng
Secretary
Jones Group
Self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles in a confined system to study and understand new emerging properties.
Cecilia Martinez
Social Chair
Marti Group
Dispersion and functionalization of boron nitride nanomaterials.
Kevin Shumard
Social Chair
Link Group
Investigating the field overlap of plasmonic nanomaterials and electrogenerated chemiluminescent material.
